Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 12.02.26

Admitting he was wrong is not something I would expect Keane to come out and say tbh. He rarely backs down, even when wrong. We all know that at this stage.

From the short clip I watched, all he said was that "we had a chat". Not sure if he expanded on that?

I would guess that while Roy knew he got the actual quote Wrong, I'm sure he still believed that his overall thinking was Right… and I think his overall thought was that United should be more about winning as a team than any individual accolades.

My young lad was obsessed with Bruno getting his assists on the run in. While it was great to see him so excited, it isn't the United I grew up it, the United Keane played for. Being obsessed and celebrating an individual award like that is, as Roy would put it, nonsense to a large degree. But my young lad hasn't seen a dominant United and I didn't act like Keane, I got behind his excitement.

It was great for Bruno, but hopefully a few team trophies follow on the back of it.

Tldr: I'm sure Keane thinks he was right in where he was coming from despite misquoting Bruno.

I get that, it can be very important position.

I should have mentioned it, but my thinking was more focused on wages than fees. It looks like we'll be going cheap which is good but we know Ineos are big on wages / wage structure.

I just can't see them taking on the likes of a Johnstone (his wages wouldn't be a problem) without being sure they've gotten the problem of Onana's ridiculous wages and Bayindir's wages off the books.

If it can be wrapped up quickly, it would be great to get a better 2nd keeper than Bayindir. I just think it's something that could drag on all summer.

They've know Bayindir and Onana are not good enough, for at least 9 months.

Needing to do a lot of stuff this summer on top of replacing them with at least 1 backup keeper can't be an excuse for not doing it. We should have been planning and preparing a plan for this, for 9 months. We should have our targets, we should have spoken to their agents, we should be ready to make a move for a keeper as soon as we get movement on Bayindir and Onana out the door.

Make a move on a new second choice before movement on Bayindir and Onana imo. I think if you wait for movement on both before looking at a new keeper someone will stick around this season hoping they'll get their chance as second choice to Lammens.

I can't see there being any bomb squad this summer with lads being told stay away from training. I can see Onana being happy to stick around for a season of CL wages if no keeper is signed and Vitek is sold/loaned.

They can jog on to be honest. Paying what they paid for Gordon and then not wanting to stump up the £26m for Rashford!

There should be a bit of interest in Rashford after last season so hopefully some decent teams come in for him and he has a brilliant world cup too. I think he will be sold this summer.

Good riddance

I'd take £12m from either of them just to spite Barca and their bad faith transfer tactics!

1000%. Said myself if Barca come back in for him after the June 15th deadline the price goes up. You had your chance to sign him cheap and it passed. But I'd sell cheap to someone else as a **** you to Barca.

€30M for Rashford even if you see him as a squad player is a good deal.

€30m is the cut price amount for Rashford

Whatever has happened, he is an England international who is capable of scoring 15+ goals in the PL.
How many of those are there?

His wages can be subsidised by a signing on fee at his new club and he moves to a lower per week amount.
So he and another club can absolutely make this work.

It's a great deal for Newcastle / Spurs level clubs if he's willing to step down.
They've spent a lot more on a lesser players.

Rashford's wages would be a big stumbling block even if United wanted to bring him back into the fold. It'd be a fairly easy thing to do if he was on half what he's on.

It's mad that it's easier from a PR point of view to loan him out and pay half his wages than keep him and pay it all.

Much as I'm loathe to admit it, Arsenal would probably be a good fit for Rashford too.

A sickening waste of money.

He's already seriously wealthy at 28. He's just won a title and has maybe 2 or 3 years left to win another. Realistically this will be his last big move and chance to win titles and as I said above, he has already told Barca he would lower his wage demands. I know he has his detractors, but I don't believe he's that much of a twat to scupper his chances that much for a wage that deep down he knows he's not worth. Besides, if he has any pride at all, he would tell Barca to get to **** and be a bit motivated to show what he's made of elsewhere. We'll see, but I think he'll see sense.

City have apparently made a huge bid for Anderson so at least that transfer will be put to bed and we can move on.